Difference between revisions of "corpora allata"
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|label=corpora allata | |label=corpora allata | ||
| − | | | + | |lexical category=plural; singular <b>corpus allatum</b> |
| + | |definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) Specialized [[endocrine glands]], usually a pair of [[glandular]] bodies (may be [[fused]] to a single [[median]] organ) behind and linked to the [[brain]] by small [[nerve fiber]]s, that produce [[juvenile]] hormones regulating [[metamorphosis]] and [[yolk]] deposition in the egg; ganglia alata. | ||
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| + | |scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology | ||
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